The poetics of space
By: Gaston Bachelard ; translated by Maria Jolas ; foreword by Mark Z. Danielewski ; introduction by Richard Kearney
Contributors: Jolas, M., translator
Series: Penguin classics; Penguin classics
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780143107521
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Imagination; Poetry; Space and time
Work titles: Poétique de l'espace
Description: Contemplated by philosophers, architects, writers, and literary theorists alike, Bachelard's lyrical, landmark work examines the places in which we place our conscious and unconscious thoughts and guides us through a stream of cerebral meditations on poetry, art, and the blooming of consciousness itself.
Notes: Translated from the French.

"First published in the United States of America by the Orion Press, Inc. 1964, this edition with a foreword by Mark Z. Danielewski and an introduction by Richard Kearney published in Penguin Books 2014"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268).
Table of contents: title: Foreward  -- Mark Z. Danielewski; title: Introduction  -- Richard Kearney; title: Suggestions for further reading --; title: Introduction  -- Gaston Bachelard; title: The house, from cellar to garret. The significance of the hut --; title: House and universe --; title: Drawers, chests and wardrobes --; title: Nests --; title: Shells --; title: Corners --; title: Miniature --; title: Intimate immensity --; title: The dialectics of outside and inside --; title: The phenomenology of roundness --; title: Notes.